Liam Finn - FOMO

Liam Finn - Four years after his debut album, New Zealand singer/songwriter returns with his second full-length, a more polished and tuneful effort than last year's more raucous EP (maybe he was just getting it out of his system)...Finn comes from a long line of Kiwi tunesmiths in the family from daddy Neil and uncle Tim -- and the gift for a swooning melody and bristling production appears to be embedded in the genes // Release: FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) (June 21, Yep Roc) // Sounds like: working with producer Burke Reid, the songs never fear of coloring slightly outside of the lines, adding some noise and clatter but keep the spotlight on the melodic fundamentals...Finn's desire for "nothing over-intellectualized or technically flashy" gives the songs a fresh and engaging immediacy // Quote: "We wanted to create music that, once you got into it, you could appreciate was good... but when you first heard a song, there was just something about it that made you respond, instantly." // What we like: lead single "Cold Feet" is a bundle of retro-pop joy, an urgent 4/4 Motown beat barging into a dense, tumbling and joyous chorus of harmonies..."Don't Even Know Your Name" has a classic, jittery 10CC pop drive, mashing up sputtering, squiggley guitar lines, Finn's scruffy vocals and a beat that just won't slow down for second..."Neurotic World" makes the case for Finn's rather unobtuse art/pop, the skilled craft of making the basics sound positively majestic...

Liam Finn - "Cold Feet" (from the album FOMO)

Liam Finn - "Don't Even Know Your Name" (from the album FOMO)